Hi Deborah, Tweets

As you know, this is really sick and twisted. Dr. Bradshaw was not doing
anything like gene-splicing, he was using the same cross-pollination
techniques that have been used for centuries, the same ones "Ma Nature" has
used forever.. The fire did irreparable damage to many programs and studies
designed to protect the earth and the environment.

Now here's my question. How can we Tweets fight the negative publicity
this kind of terrorism gives the environmental movement? Letters to the
editor? Let them know we're not all kooks? I think those of us who love the
earth and its critters should speak out .

Any new ideas?

Vas vdani,

Cliff Drake
Seattle - Ballard WA
cliffdrake at qwest.net






----- Original Message -----
From: "Deborah Wisti-Peterson" <nyneve at u.washington.edu>
To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Cc: "Deborah Wisti-Peterson" <nyneve at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Friday, June 01, 2001 3:47 PM
Subject: CUH update


>
> Hello tweets,
>
> the earth liberation front ("ELF") claimed responsibility for the
> fire that destroyed part of the urban Horticulture Center at the
> UW, causing $3 million in damages. they sent a FAX to various
> news organizations, claiming that UW researcher, toby bradshaw,
> "continues to unleash mutant genes into the environment that is
> certain to cause irreversible harm to forest ecosystems."
>
> ELF promised that "As long as universities continue to pursue
> this reckless 'science,' they run the risk of suffering severe losses.
> Our message remains clear, we are determined to stop genetic
> engineering."
>
> unfortunately, if ELF and other similar terrorists successfully
> intimidate academic scientists with their reckless destruction of
> publically-funded research, this sort of research will be driven
> "underground" and into the waiting arms of corporate and
> privately-funded scientific research where, in practice, the public's
> interests are NOT necessarily guaranteed nor safeguarded.
>
> regards,
>
> Deborah Wisti-Peterson, PhD Candidate nyneve at u.washington.edu
> Department of Zoology, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash, USA
> Visit me on the web: http://students.washington.edu/~nyneve/
> Love the creator? Then protect the creation.
>
>